Agenda item

To consider the report of the Chair of the Independent Remuneration Panel (IRP) concerning the recommendations of the IRP with regard to the Council’s Members’ Allowances Scheme and to seek a decision on an appropriate scheme for the payment of allowances in 2018-19.

55.1    No Members had indicated that they wished to discuss this item.

55.2    RESOLVED that

(1)       Members’ Allowances remain unchanged at the levels detailed in the 2017-18 Scheme, subject to the wording of Schedule 2 being amended to reflect the Council’s continued commitment to the Living Wage in respect of the Dependents’ Carers’ Allowance for the reimbursement of childcare costs.

(2)       The Council writes to the Local Government Association asking them to lobby the government in support of making the Dependents’ Carers’ Allowance exempt from taxation.

(3)       The Scheme of Members’ Allowances set out in Appendix 1 be approved for 2018-19.